Flattened Rice Snack (Aval Vilayichathu)

Another quick and healthy snack from my amma’s repertoire of easy snack recipes! As kids we used to always come home to find a tea time snack and different types of aval (poha) dishes used to be common. I have posted one aval recipe before – Aval nanachathu. Today I am posting a variation of this. This recipe of Aval Vilayichathu makes a snack that can last longer since it caramelizes the jaggery and lightly fries the poha in it. So this keeps longer.

Last week when I was at the Indian grocers, I noticed the pack of red poha which is poha made from red rice. This is common in Kerala and I think, not so common in other parts of India. I was instantly reminded of my amma’s ‘aval vilayichathu’ and so grabbed the pack so I could make it that weekend. This time I also added ripe…